Portable house.



F. KNACK.

PORTABLE HOUSE.

ABPLLCATION FILED 06130, I916.

Patented May 21,1918.

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F. KNAEIK.

PORTABLE HOUSE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30, 19:6.

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Patented. May 21,1918.

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To all whom it mag conceive:

Be it @own that l, Fnnoniuon Kmion, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Hoquiam, in the county of Grays Harbor and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Portable Houses, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in portable houses comprising a Wooden building or structure made up of sections of standard and special standard types. The primary object of the invention is the provision of a portable house of this type which may be easily assembled and dismantled with equal facility, which is simple in its construction and erection, and which is weatherproof, thus rendering it durable; and inexpensive of production and maintenance.

The invention consists essentially in certain' novel combinations and arrangements of parts whereby the above objects are accomplished as will be hereinafter specified and pointed out in the appended claim.

illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed and arranged according to the best mode l have so far devised for the practi cal application of the principles of my invention, and which has proven highly satisfactory in the erection of houses and garages now in actual use.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a house built according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a hunt elevation of the house.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged'section of a portion of the roof construction.

Fig. 4 is a sechional view, enlarged through a rafter at l-l Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of two sections or frames, one a window section and the other a standard section.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view on line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view partly in perspective showing the overlapping boards or sidings.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of a portion of a post with flooring and door frame showing the gutter for wate In the preferred embodiment of my invention the house is made up of sections indicated as h for the standard sechons, B,

' flooring hoards 7 In the accompanying drawings l have through t e weather hoarding for the window sections, and D for the door sections. These sections are made-up of the same dimensions so that they are interchangeable, and may be used as partitions, as well as for the wall construction, so that the house may be divided into rooms by using the same type or duplicate units in the interior construction as upon the exterior construction. The units or sections are joined together by suitably spaced bolts '1 with nuts 2 the bolts being passed through adjoining uprights or posts 3 3' which are complementarily grooved to receiveand hold the Weather strip or tongue 4: which together by using metallic plates or straps- 5 and lag screw 6, and the floor itself is composed of the usual tongue-andgroove secured to the'sills or joists. The flooring section is made accordmg to the desired plans, and of course the side wall sections or units follow the floor plan, the sections or units being secured to the floor by means of lag screws 8 8, preferably two to a secfion. A weather board 9 may be utilized if desired, about the sills of the door frame, spaced therefrom by means of furring strips 10 entendin the height of the floor hams and spaced sultable' distances apart;

The weather boarding for the sides of the house is made up of boards or siding ll, laid say 3 to the weather, and shaped so that an opening or space 12 is formed at the upper edges of the boards. This triangular opening or space prevents the 1am from lealn'ng up over the edge of the board as it would do if the space were filled, thus eliminatin the danger of rain bear.

OK I 1 Tiealrs are also prevented at the ends of sidin 3 3' y providing a groove 13 in the outer face of the post extending throughout its length. In Fig. 8 it will be seen that the are cut away edges of the flooring boards 3' so that the groove 13 is conhinued to the ground, lllhUIS fowuwm a, gutter he i a Put away water that may lealr around the 1-1 where they are nailed to the posts of the siding boards, and preventing the water from coming in contact with the ends or edges of the flooring boards 7.

The roof of the house is also made up of sections or units as E, E, E, for intermediate sections and F, F, for the end sections, while at the left of Fig. 1 and in the front of Fig. 2 a porch is indicated at G. These roof sections are made up of rafters as 14 15 joined by the top cross pieces 16 and the lower .cross pieces 17, to form rectangular frames or units, and each unit is covered with tongue and groove boards 18 that are in turn covered with a layer of canvas 19. Preferably the canvas is first treated W1th a strongbrine solution to make it fireproof, and then it is given two coats of paint to make it Weather proof. The apex of the gable roof in Fig. 3 shows the cross pieces 16 joined by bolts 20, and in Fig. 4 the rafters 14 15 are joined by bolts 21, while in Fig. 3 bolts are indicated at 22 securing the roof sections to the wall sections.

Ceiling beams 23 are attached as by bolts 24 at determined and regular intervals, to the rafters of the roof to brace and strengthen, and hold rigid the roof on the walls. These beams extend across the width of the building and are bolted to the rafters.

Within each rafter formed by the bolting together of the two separate rafters 14 15, a grooved tongue "24 is incased, the groove 25 of the tongue forming a gutter for rain water. The tongue is held within the complementary slots or grooves 26 and 27 of the respective rafters 14 and 15, and the gutter is thus located midwa between the two rafters. In Fig. 4 it w' 1 be seen that any rain water from the roofsurface that may possibly soak through the omt between the roofing boards and the rafters, will be carried down to the caves of the roof and thus prevented from seeping through the joints in the rafters forming the connections between the roof sections.

When erecting a house according to my invention, the floor sections are laid first, and held together by the plates as 5, and the wall sections are then secured by the lag screws 8 to the floor, after which the roof sections are placed in position and bolted together and to the side walls. To provide a chimney, and also to ventilate the building I utilize a galvanized iron pipe 28 running through a box 29 made of similar material.

A door is indicated at 30, and as many windows 31 may be used as desired or required, and of course the door and window sections may be located in any desired practical positions. The frame sections A, as before stated may be used in the interior of the house to make partitions, and if found desirable, as for instance, to make the house warmer, an extra inside wall may be utilizeil, to correspond in sections to the outer wal What I claim is The combination with a pair of roof sections each having a complementarily grooved rafter forming a channel between the adjoining edges of the rafters and canvas coverings on the sections extending to the grooves of-the rafters, of a tongue disposed in said channel and formed with a gutter groove in its upper face midway between the rafters, and means for clamping the sections and rafters to ther.

In testimony whereof I a x my signature.

FREDERICK KNACK. 

